Applying Table Stylesheets to Tables

After you edit a table stylesheet, you can apply the stylesheet to a table. You can do this to one table at a time, or to multiple tables at the same time.

How to Apply a Table Stylesheet—One Table at a Time

The following steps show how to apply a table stylesheet to one table at a time. Use the next set of steps if instead you want to quickly apply a table stylesheet to many tables in different files.

  1. Open the topic where a table has been inserted.
  2. If the tag block bars are not shown to the left of the content, click at the bottom of the editor.

  3. Right-click the table tag bar.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • In the context menu select Table Style and then select the stylesheet in the submenu.

      OR

    1. In the context menu, select Table Properties. The Table Properties dialog opens.

    2. Click Table Style, and from the drop-down select the stylesheet.

      Note If you have not yet created a table stylesheet yet, you can do so by clicking to the right of the field. Click the face of the button, not the down arrow.

    3. Click OK.
  5. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

How to Apply a Table Stylesheet—Multiple Tables and Files

The following steps show how to quickly apply a table stylesheet to many tables in different files. Use the previous set of steps if instead you want to apply a table stylesheet to one table at a time.

  1. Open the table stylesheet that you want to apply.

  2. In the local toolbar of the Table Style Editor, click Apply Style.

    The Apply Table Style dialog opens, displaying all folders and topic files in your project.

  3. Click in the check box next to each folder and/or file containing tables that should use the stylesheet. If you click next to a folder, the stylesheet will be applied to all files and subfolders under it.

    You can also select either of the following options in the dialog.

    • Overwrite existing table styles Select this if you want to overwrite existing table styles in those topics. If you choose this option, you can also select Remove print table styles. As of Flare V7, print table styles are no longer the preferred method for single-sourcing tables in online and print output; mediums are now the recommended solution (see Setting Table Styles for Print Output and Mediums and Media Queries). Therefore, if you used print table styles in the past and want to remove them now, you can use this option. When this option is enabled, print table styles will be removed from any tables updated by this dialog.
    • Remove local formatting Select this if you have local formatting in tables and want to remove it when the table style is applied.

  4. Click OK.